Cashing in on the popularity of Magnum P.I, handsome Lee Horsley played Matlock "Matt" Houston, squeezing out three seasons in the early Eighties before running out of cases to solve or cast members to add. Houston was a likable and wealthy mustachioed Texas oilman working as a private investigator as a hobby more or less. The show possessed enough humor and action to be popular but it was nearing life-support by the time producers brought in Buddy Ebsen as Uncle Roy Houston in the final season. He owned a unique automobile, though Magnum owned none. Pamela Hensley played his data specialist. A number of Houston's friends or business associates were murdered during the show's run as this might often make up an episode's premise. Dominic Frontiere wrote the original Magnum pilot theme and wrote this great action-packed theme as well.
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